''Dendrocincla'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the woodcreeper
subfamily (
Dendrocolaptinae
The woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae) comprise a subfamily of suboscine passerine birds endemic to the Neotropics. They have traditionally been considered a distinct family Dendrocolaptidae, but most authorities now place them as a subfamily of th ...
).
Taxonomy and systematics
Extant species
The genus contains six species:
Former species
Formerly, some authorities also considered the following species (or subspecies) as species within the genus ''Dendrocincla'':
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Sangihe whistler
The Sangihe whistler or Sangihe shrikethrush (''Coracornis sanghirensis'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Sangihe Island in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It ...
(as ''Dendrocincla macrorhyncha'')
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Bird genera
Taxa named by George Robert Gray
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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